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NEXUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nexus mean?
• NEXUS (noun)
The noun NEXUS has 2 senses:
1. the means of connection between things linked in series
2. a connected series or group
Familiarity information: NEXUS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The means of connection between things linked in series
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
link; nexus
Hypernyms ("nexus" is a kind of...):
linkage (an associative relation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A connected series or group
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("nexus" is a kind of...):
series (similar things placed in order or happening one after another)
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